Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor who rose to prominence as the title character in the Harry Potter film series. He made his acting debut at 10 years of age in BBC One's 1999 television film David Copperfield, followed by his cinematic debut in 2001's The Tailor of Panama. At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film, and starred in the series for 10 years until the release of the eighth and...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 July 1989
CityLondon, England
I'm not looking for sequels, but when something comes to you, and you're already a fan of that world, you have the desire to do it your way.
There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.
I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.
I'm not much of a cake person.
I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.
I don't really care about how I look.
When you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck.
Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.
In some ways, you get to find your voice better in [a sequel] because you have to define how you're doing it differently.
I wasn't the most popular kid in school.
Personally, I prefer the dark side.
I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life.
Once Now You See Me proved that that tone could work, which I'm sure was a nightmare for them in post - is this too serious? Do we have to say that magic really does exist or not? - I can take that and have fun with the tone that they established.
I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign.